Identification of furfural resistant strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Saccharomyces paradoxus from a collection of environmental and industrial isolates

Field S. J., Ryden P., Wilson D., James S. A., Roberts I. N., Richardson D. A., Waldron K. W., Clarke T. A.. (2015)

Biotechnology for Biofuels, 8, 33

Fermentation of bioethanol using lignocellulosic biomass as a raw material provides a sustainable alternative to current biofuel production methods by utilising waste food streams as raw material. Before lignocellulosie can be fermented it requires physical, chemical and enzymatic treatment in order to release glucose, this process causes the chemical transformation of glucose and xylose into the cyclic aldehydes furfural and hydroxyfurfural. These furan compounds are potent inhibitors of Saccharomyces fermentation, and consequently furfural tolerant strains of Sacchromyces are required for lignocellulosic fermentation.

Biotechnology for Biofuels, 8, 33

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